Jose de la Gandara y Navarro

Jose de la Gandara y Navarro (15 October 1820-1 September 1885) was the Governor of the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo from 31 March 1864 to 11 July 1865 (succeeding Carlos de Vargas Machuca y Cerveto) and Governor of the Philippines from 26 October 1866 to 7 June 1869 (succeeding Joaquin del Solar and preceding Manuel Maldonado)..

Biography
Jose de la Gandara y Navarro was born in Zaragoza, Spain in 1820, and he joined the Spanish Army in 1834 as a sublieutenant before serving in the First Carlist War. He went on to serve in the colonies, governing Fernando Po and the islands off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. In 1862, he became a Major-General, and he became military governor and commander-in-chief of the Province of Santiago in Cuba. In 1864, he was appointed Governor of the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, and he was the last Spanish governor-general on the island, overseeing the evacuation of the Dominican Republic in July 1865. He went on to serve as Governor-General of the Philippines from 1866 to 1869, and he served as Captain-General of Castile under the restored Bourbon monarchy and a Senator for Life from 1883 to 1884. He died in Biarritz in 1885.